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A necessary cog in the world machine…

Jul 13 By Marjorie

Based on the recommendation of my favorite bookseller at Barnes & Noble, I picked up THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick, a book for children that mixes both prose and illustration to create…something delightful.  The interior copy calls the story an “intricate, tender, and spell-binding mystery,” and follows a young orphan with a talent for tinkering, who lives in the walls of a Paris train station. At more than five hundred pages, the book might appear intimidating, but a great deal of that is illustration—and the story is not to be missed.  Here, though, is one of my favorite passages:

“I like to imagine the world is one big machine.  You know, machines never have any extra parts.  They have the exact number and type of parts they need.  So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason.  And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.”

Lovely, lovely.  And Happy Sunday, folks!  Also, if you have a moment, check out Guillermo del Toro’s audio and video diary from the New York Times.

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I write comic books and novels about grumpy warrior women, eccentric demons, plucky fox girls, and men who can shape-shift into tigers. If a merman or gargoyle shows up, all the better!  To learn more about me, please go here.

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